AuEx Signs Wood Hills South Project Earn in Agreement   RENO, NV – AuEx Ventures, Inc. reported the execution of an exploration earn in agreement with NuLegacy Gold Corporation NV concerning the Company’s Wood Hills South gold exploration project located…

Sandman Gold Project On Track To Potential Production Decision   VANCOUVER, BC – Fronteer Development Group Inc. reported that results from ongoing exploration and development work by Newmont USA Limited demonstrate Fronteer’s Sandman project is one of Nevada’s highest grade…

Fire River Gold Reports On Progress At Nixon Fork   VANCOUVER – Fire River Gold’s main focus is the gold-copper-silver Nixon Fork Mine, Alaska, which was acquired in August of 2009. A former high-grade gold mine, it produced approximately 145,000…

Barkerville Gold Begins Mining At QR Mine   VANCOUVER, BC – Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. reported that it has been advised by its mining contractor, Procon Mining and Tunnelling Ltd., that mining began as scheduled, on March 15, 2010 and…

Formation Receives Air Permit Pre-Construction Authorization VANCOUVER, BC – Formation Capital Corporation has been provided an update by its wholly owned subsidiary, Formation Capital Corporation, U.S. in regards to permitting, personnel and equipment procurement status for the 100% owned Idaho…

Mine Development Underway At Butte Highlands Gold Project   COEUR D’ALENE, ID – Timberline Resources Corporation reported that it has posted the required reclamation bond and site development has begun at its Butte Highlands Gold Project, located 15 miles south…

Skyharbour Identifies 3 High-Priority   VANCOUVER, BC – Skyharbour Resources Ltd. reported the completion of a 3D down-hole Spectral IP/ Resistivity Survey and receipt of a comprehensive report on the Company’s 100% owned 3200 aces South Bay zinc-copper project located in…

New Gold Intercepts At Long Canyon   VANCOUVER, BC – AuEx Ventures, Inc. reported new gold intercepts from step-out and exploration drilling completed at the Company’s 49% owned Long Canyon gold exploration project located within the Pequop Gold District in…

Tailings Management & Sustainable Development  By Mark E. Smith, PE, GE  The International Institute for Environment and Development was commissioned in 1999 to undertake the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) project.  This led to a partnership between MMSD, the…

Queenstake To Restart Milling Operations VANCOUVER, BC – Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. reported that the Queenstake Resources’, a wholly owned subsidiary of Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp., Jerritt Canyon Mine has completed a series of environmental-compliance requirements and that Nevada Division of Environmental…